D0753

Drawing for the cover of the wine list for El Celler

Ref Num.: D0753

Date: ca. 1916

Typology: Drawing

Technique: Ink, touches of guaix blanc on paper glued to another paper

Dimensions: 28.3 x 20 cm

Signed: Unsigned and undated

Private collection

Preparatory drawing for the cover of the wine list for the basement café, El Celler, at the Galeries Laietanes. Ricard Crespo used part of it to decorate some of his fire-enamelled glasses. Composition of five male figures around a large glass with scrollwork that reads: “Bodega / de / las / Galerias / Layetanas. Gran Via 613 / Barcelona”. Image rights: Dani Rovira.

Cèlia Crespo collection

Cecília Vidal i Maynou, Xavier Nogués i els vidres esmaltats al foc, doctoral thesis, Barcelona University, Barcelona, 1989, p. 217.